Halter-tie.



No. 652,66l. Patented June 26, I900.

S. N. BRATT.

HALTER TIE.

(Application filed Apr. 9, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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HALTERETIE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 652,661, dated June 26,1900.

Application filed April 9, 1900. Serial No. 12,228, (No model.)

upper end of the seat and bent to form a 7 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SWAN N. BRATT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kokomo, in thecounty of Howard and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Halter-Tie, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a halter-tie; and the object of the same is toprovide simple and effective means for readily attaching and detaching ahalter to a portion of a manger or other place and whereby ahalter-strap may be secured without tying the same by knotting orpursuing the usual methods for this purpose and which will result inproducing a firm means of secnrement and hold the halter-strap againstaccidental disconnection.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts,which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is aperspective view of a portion of a mangeror other support, showing the improved halter tie or fastener appliedthereto in operative condition and as holding a portion of thehalter-strap in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is an elevation of thedevices shown by Fig. 1, partially broken away to particularly show alockingcatch. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the movablehalter-strap-holdin g bars.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several Views.

The numeral 1 desinates a metallic support, which is Vertically slotted,as at 2, to form depending parallel legs 3 and l, which are integralWit/hall upper right-angular securing head or member 5, which is fittedover the upper edge of a manger or other device 6 and firmly fastened inplace by screws or other means, the legs 3 and t being also attached tothe portion of the manger over which they depend. The lower portions ofthe legs 3 and 4 are connected by a cross-web 7, and immediately belowthe lower edge of said web the manger or other device is formed with anopening 8.

The leg 3 is provided with a vertical lock ing-seat 9, which is open atthe top and inner portion and closed at all other points, and attachedto the closed side thereof opposite the inner open side is a catch 10,which con sists of spring-plate extended above the finger-engagingterminal 11, the said catch carrying a beveled stud 12, which looselyworks through an opening 13 in the said closed side of the seat, againstwhich the catch is mounted. Over the other leg 4 a guide-rod 14vertically extends andhas its lower extremity inturned and secured tothe said leg and the opposite extremity bent upwardly over the head 5,as at 16, and then returned in a vertical direction and fastened to saidhead. The said guide-rod at an intermediate point has an inner spline17, which is projected in the direction of the inner open side of theseat 9, and on the said guide-rod a pair of halter-holding bars 18 and19 are loosely mounted one above the other and each provided with an eye20 at one end,with an opening therethrough conforming in contour to thatof the said guide-rod and also having a slot 21 continuous with theopening to permit the bars to pass the spline 17. The lower end of thespline l7 gradually converges toward the guide-rod, and the upper end isabrupt or in a plane at a rightangle to the said rod to form abearing-shoulder 22, as clearly shown by Fig. 2. The shoulder 22 servesas a means for holding the halter-bars 1S and 19 in elevated position,as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, when the free ends of said bars arereleased from the seat 9 and turned to throw the slots 21 out ofalinement with the spline '17, and thus clear the lower portion of thetie adjacent the opening 8 through the manger or other supporting deviceto permit the halter end or portion to be inserted through said openingand conveniently drawn upwardly for engagement with the halter-bars in amanner which will now be set forth.

The improved device is particularlyintended for use with a strap halter,which is preferred, though it will be understood that an immaterialchange in the proportions of the parts will adapt the device for usewith a rope halter or even a chain. The principle of operation and theresult obtained aresimilar in connection with either one of the kinds ofhalters mentioned, and as a strap halter is illustrated the operationwill be described in connection with the same.

The strap 21 of the halter is doubled or looped and passed through theopening 8, the

halter-bars i8 and 19 being first raised to clear them from the seat 9,and the loop portion of the halter is then slipped over the upper bar 18and the latter moved over to bring the free end in alinement with theupper open end of the said seat. The lower halter-bar 19 is then turnedover the doubled portion of the halter immediately below that held bythe bar 18 and until its free extremity is also in line with the upperopen end of the seat, and when the parts are in this position a pull onthe halter-strap will draw the free extremities of both bars 18 and 19downwardly into the seat and past the stud 12 of the catch 10 into thelower portion of the seat and firmly secure or connect the halter-strapto the tie and against slipping or accidental I a pair ofhalter-strap-en gaging members havloosening action owing to the use ofthe lower bar 19, which serves a clamp. The free ends of the bars 18 and19 will easily pass the stud, because the beveled portion of the latteris in a position to permit such operation, as will be seen in Fig. 2. Inreleasing the halterstrap the catch 10 is pressed outwardly from theseat, so as to relieve the stud 12 from its locking position, and whenthe seat is thus cleared the bars 18 and 19 may be easily drawn upwarduntil released from said seat and permit the lower bar 19 to be swungaway from contact or engagement with the halter and also allow the upperbar 18 to be turned to slip the halter-strap off from the same. Thespline 17 also holds the bars 18 and 19 in steady alinement when firstentering the upper portion of the seat and also when being moved throughthe upper portion of the seat to release the halter; but the essentialfunction of the said spline is to provide simple means for holding thebars in elevated position, as before explained.

The improved halter-tie is simple in its construction, as well as strongand durable, and facilitates the attachment and disconnection of ahalter and is preferably located on the inner side of a manger, so as tobe out of the way and avoid injury to the animal secured thereby.

To suit various applications, changesin the 5 form', proportions, andminor details may be resorted to without departing from the principle ofthe invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In ahalter-tie, the combination with a support having an openingtherethrough, of a guide-rod held on said support, bars slidably androtatably mounted at one end on the said guide-rod, and a seat forremovably receiving the opposite free extremities of said bars.

2. ,In ahalter-tie, the combination of a sup port having an openingtherethrough, of a guide-rod fixed to said support, a pair ofhalter-strap-engaging bars slidably and rotatably mounted at one end onthe said guiderod, a seat to removably receive the free extremities ofsaid bars, and a catch operating in conjunction with said seat to holdthe bars in the latter.

3. A halter-tie comprising a guiding device,

ing one end of each slidably and rotatably mounted on the said guidingdevice, and means for holding the free extremities of the said membersin fixed relation to cause them to bind a halter-strap between them.

4. In a halter-tie, the combination of a support having an openingtherethrough, a guiderod fixed to said support and provided with aspline onone portion thereof, a pair of halter-strap-engaging barshaving one extremity of each slidably and rotatably mounted on the saidguide-rod, the ends of the bars moving on the guide-rod also beingslotted to pass over the spline, the upper extremity of the splineforming a shoulder or bearing for the said bars, anda seat for removablyreceiving the free extremities of the said bars.

5. A halter-tie comprising a guiding device, halter-strap-holdingmembers having one extremity of each slidably and rotatably mounted onsaid guiding device, and a seat to removably and slidably receive thefreeextremities of the said halter-strap -ho1ding members and providedwith a catch to pre- Vent the said members from accidentally workingoutward therefrom.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in 5 the presence of witnesses.

SWAN N.'BRATT. Witnesses:

his R. x DUPLEE,

mark ELLSWORTH HUNT, J. W. MERRELL.

